Derivatives

Lamaist

The Chinese Emperor was the highest patron of Lamaist Buddhism - a concept which allowed the Emperor to think of the Dalai Lama as his client, and the Dalai Lama to think of the Emperor as his disciple.

Scroll paintings called tanka that depicted the various gods and saints of Lamaist Buddhism decorated every temple.

There is also a religious justification for the ban in this staunchly Lamaist Buddhist kingdom.